Hennepin Recycling Group

We'll update in summer of 2025 with information on the next event 

Saturday, September 14, 2024

9:00 a.m. - Noon

Brooklyn Park Operations & Maintenance Facility

8300 Noble Ave. N

Have extra materials from your latest building or remodeling project? This event will be an opportunity to donate usable building materials to a local nonprofit that specialize in the reuse and resale of building materials. Better Futures Minnesota will be onsite to vet all materials for quality and potential for resale.

Our partners reserve the right to refuse unusable materials. All items deemed acceptable will be taken for free.

ACCEPTED Used items in good condition accepted unless otherwise noted

• Cabinetry - bath vanities, kitchen cabinets, cabinet doors
• Countertops - laminate and stone (straight sections only; no peeling, deep scratches, burn marks or excessive caulking)
• Doors - interior (solid wood, no hollow core) and exterior (metal)
• Flooring - hardwood (new and used) and laminate (new only)
• Grout, mudding – new, unopened containers only
• Hardware – handles, pulls, hinges
• Light fixtures – no shiny brass
• Lumber – 4 foot minimum length, denailed
• Nails, screws – no rust, in original box/container (no jars or glass)
• Plumbing fixtures – faucets
• Tile – new only, full boxes
• Tools – electric (corded or battery powered), hand (screw drivers, wrenches, hand saws, hammers, etc.) and yard (rakes, shovels, etc.)
• Windows – unbroken only

NOT ACCEPTED The following items will not be accepted

• Appliances*
• Furniture
• Toilets
• Paint, stain, varnish, solvents*
• Aerosols*
• Mercury thermostats*
• Electronics*
• Garbage
• Recyclables (cardboard, glass, metal, paper, plastic, etc.)*

Questions: email BPOM@brooklynpark.org

*These items may be taken to the Hennepin County Drop-Off Facility. There is a charge for appliances and some electronics.

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity ReStore takes donations of reusable building materials at other times of the year.